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Chan, N.I., Tan, J., Mudge, A.M. (2023). First Do No Harm: Beware the Prescribing Cascade. In: Junckerstorff, R., Brady, S., Aung, A.K. (eds) Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4440-8_15
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